Wildly Fun, Wildly Educational!

Our live animal programs are great for homeschool co-ops, youth groups, preschools, and your classroom! For specific programs, choose from our selection of program topics below or contact us for a program personalized to fit your lesson plans.

Why Choose Nature on the Geaux?

  • Engaging Education: Each program is led by an experienced environmental educator with 25+ years in the field. Kids discover wildlife adaptations, conservation, and ecosystems through real animal encounters.

  • Safe & Hands-On: Students get close-up experiences with reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals in a controlled, kid-friendly environment.

  • Flexible for Your Needs: Whether it’s a single classroom, a large library crowd, or a community fair, we tailor each program to fit your audience and schedule.

 

Animal EdVentures Program

🐾 What's Included?
Animal Ambassador Only Programs: 45-60 minute program features 6-7 live animals. Every program is tailored to fit your lesson goals and educational needs.

Animal Ambassador & Activity Programs: 45-60 minute program features 4 live animal ambassadors and a guided activity that includes all supplies.

🖐 A Hands-On Experience
Many of our animals can be safely touched, offering participants an up-close and interactive encounter. Teachers and chaperones are encouraged to take plenty of photos throughout the presentation.

15 or fewer participants will be able to handle a couple of the ambassadors if directions can be followed.

Pricing

  • Single Standard program (up to 40 participants): $150

  • Additional same day, same programs (up to 40 participants): $100

  • Discounted rate for a single program for groups with 15 participants or under in St Tammany Parish: $125

  • Assembly (up to 200 participants) : $425

    Day or Half Day Rates

    Have a large group and want it to be a little more personal and hands-on than a large assembly? You can split the groups into smaller time increments to make sure everyone gets attention from me & the animals.

    Half-day (3 hours) program: $350 
    Full-day (6 hours) program:  $650

🌟 Affordable Wildlife Education! 🌟

At Nature on the Geaux, we believe every group deserves a chance to experience the magic of live animal encounters—without worrying about the budget. 🐍🐢🦎

That’s why we offer our Photo Opportunity Program to help offset your program cost!

📸 How it Works:
✔️ During your program, participants (ages 5+) can hold one of our friendly animal ambassadors for a keepsake photo.

  • $5 with your own device

  • $10 for a printed high-quality photo on site

✨ These funds go directly toward your program fee—making your event deeply discounted or even FREE depending on participation!

⚠️ Please Note: This option is only available for standard-size programs (not half- or full-day events).

Because learning should be Wildly Fun & Wildly Educational—and accessible for everyone! 💚

Programs to choose from

Animal ambassadors only

  • Curriculum Specific: We can do programs on food chains, adaptations, classification, ecosystems, life cycles, habitats, wetlands, conservation, endangered species, caring for exotics, or native vs. invasive species. If you don’t see your topic listed, just ask. I’ve been doing this for a while and probably have a lesson plan for what you are looking for!

  • Wild About Animals: Our "Wild About Animals" program brings animals from all over the world for a fun, educational, and interactive presentation! This gives an overview of our animal ambassadors we have brought and an intro to their natural environment. * We recommend this one if you aren’t having us out for anything specific.*

  • Creepy Critters: Looking for a spooktacular way to celebrate creepy crawlies? Join Tanee and our live animal ambassadors for an exciting, hands-on program where we turn common fears—like snakes and spiders—into fascinating discoveries! Meet slithery snakes, curious spiders, mysterious scorpions, jumpy frogs, and more, all in a safe and fun environment perfect for curious kids and brave grown-ups alike.

  • Is That Pet Right for You? Exotic Reptiles & Pocket Mammals: We’ll explore some of the most common exotic pets—like reptiles (snakes, lizards, tortoises) and pocket mammals (hedgehogs, ferrets). Participants will learn what makes these animals unique, what they need to stay healthy, and what to consider before bringing one home. Perfect for families, classrooms, or anyone curious about exotic pet care!

  • Daycare General Visit: Have me out for 60 minutes and divide my time between your age groups according to attention spans.

Animal Ambassadors & Activity

  • Wetland Detectives: Learn the importance of the wetlands to wildlife and all about what the wetlands provide for us. Students will be exploring biofacts, meeting a few native reptiles, and make a necklace that represents what wetlands are! (recommended for 4th - 12th grade) *not for assemblies

  • Dig Into the Past: Learners will view fossils from all over the world & meet a few animals with prehistoric traits. They will learn about the geological time scale, the different methods of fossilization, the major fossil types, how the environment and other elements help fossils to form, and “dig” in my fossil sandbox for one fossil to keep. (recommended for Grades 3-12) *not for assemblies

  • Nature Did It First: Nature can teach us a lot about how to survive in the natural world and this has brought on some pretty cool inventions by engineers. Ever wonder what inspired Velcro or high speed trains? Find out in this nature meets engineering class. Learners will meet some animal ambassadors and complete a quick engineering project inspired by what we learned! (recommended for 4th - 12th grade) *not for assemblies

  • Engineering Challenge - Help! Our favorite tortoise, Ducky, is facing a huge problem when crossing the road. Your challenge is to design and build a bridge to protect him. Using the engineering design process, young engineers will work in teams to test and then re-engineer their creations. Also meet 3 other animal ambassadors that use wildlife crossings! (recommended for 4th - 12th grade) *not for assemblies

  • Hop, Slither, Crawl: Young learners will look at the different ways animals move…some can walk on four legs, six legs, eight legs or no legs at all. After meeting the animal ambassadors, we’ll try our best to move like animals too! (Pre-K)

  • Animal Storytime: Listen to a story and meet the animal featured in the story plus a few of their friends! We have a selection of books the teacher picks from before the visit. This is a great way to gently introduce young learners to animals. (Pre-K)

Helpful things for Visits:

  • A secured, easy access loading area (ie. no learners in the area).

  • A 6ft long table.

  • If presentation is to be outside, please provide shade and inform us ahead of time. If it is under 65 degrees or over 95 degrees, we would need to be inside.

  • A 10ft buffer zone between animals and learners.

Travel Fees:

No Travel Fee: St. Tammany, Orleans, Upper Jefferson, Tangipahoa, St. Bernard; and MS counties: Harrison, Pearl River, Hancock.

$25 travel fee for the following parishes/counties: Upper Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Livingston, Washington, Stone, Lamar, & Jackson County

$30 travel fee for: Ascension, East Baton Rouge parishes

Travel fees are paid in addition to program fees and are to offset additional vehicle costs.

Questions or ready to book? Contact Tanee at natureonthegeaux@gmail.com